Fallen Kell
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Originally posted by: Kaptdeath
GoaGas,
Thanks, I have windows recovery as a boot option. (I have had issues for quite some time.)I have tried that and the disk based recovery both result in the BSOD. (I have to admit, that's a new one, even for me.) They both indicate some type of hardware error or "Bad Boot Device". What's really strange is that no matter what boot order I select what is shown as the "C" drive is what used to be the "F" drive. If anyone can help (or has a suggestion) this was the state of affairs before the "nTune disaster":
A: 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy
C: 2X160GB RAID0 -NVIDIA SATA 0 & 1
D: IDE DVD RW
E: IDE DVD RW
F: 2X160GB RAID0 - NVIDIA SATA 2 & 3
G 160GB SATA - JMicron channel 0
H: 160GB SATA - JMicron channel 1
What drives I see do not include the original "C" drive. Here's the really weird part. Like I said, I had an option of booting either Windows XP "normally", or booting the recovery console. THAT STILL WORKS, so I would guess that my MBR is still valid somehow. I did create a new SuSe 10.3 Live disk. It refused to finish booting. (No messages, it just died.) I will try it an another machine. I will try a hard BIOS reset.
The Kapt'n
That is really strange, since the MBR is tied directly to the disk the BIOS is using for its boot order. All the BIOS does is go to that particular sector on that particular disk and check to see if it is a valid boot loader, otherwise it moves on to the next boot device in its list.
Can you try using a different Linux Live CD (knoppix is my personal preference) and see if it detects your missing C:\ drive? You may even be able to mount the C:\ and check that you can open/read different files on there. This will at least prove that the disk is either good, bad, or corrupt, and give you an idea of what to do next (i.e. if bad, well, replace disk, if corrupt, re-format....).